London Cocktail Week Creations We'd Like to Have Now, Please (with Gif!)

London Cocktail Week (through Oct 14) is showcasing handcrafted specialty cocktails from one of more than 100 participating bars and restaurants. Here are some of our favorite drinks.

In London, the city that never saves, four pounds won’t get you very far. You can’t even get a tube from Heathrow to central London. But during the third annual London Cocktail Week (through Oct 14), four pounds will get you a handcrafted specialty cocktail from one of more than 100 participating bars and restaurants. Just pick up a wristband (ten pounds) and you'll be entitled to cocktail tours, parties, seminars, pop-up bars, tastings and master classes—and those affordable concoctions. Here's a peek at some of the tastiest and most memorable ones available only during Cocktail Week.

Minus 42

at Covent Garden Cocktail Club

42Below vodka

Martini Bianco

Monin butterscotch syrup

Coconut liqueur

Angostura bitters

Desiccated coconut

Snow globe

This cocktail comes with a souvenir snow globe and edible snowflakes made of coconut.

Smatt's Passion Cocktail

at Smatt's Rum & Ice Cream Shack

Smatt’s Silver

Passion fruit juice

Lime juice

Sugar syrup

Dramatically scorched with Angostura bitters

Events company Twist London is showcasing new cocktails and frozen treats at this LCW pop-up shack. The Smatt's Passion comes in two forms: liquid and ice cream. “Scorching the drink accentuates the aroma of the Angostura bitters so that they better stand up to the powerful passion fruit in the drink, says Tim Robinson, creator of the cocktail and managing director of events company Twist London. “It's a room-filling smell which really adds to the flavour!”

Smatt’s Passion Ice Cream

**Smatts Rum & Ice Cream Shack

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The Twist team has invented 80 flavors of alcoholic ice cream, all inspired by cocktails and expected to launch in the next couple of months (they're also scooping a mojito flavor this week). "it's taken about nine months of development," says Robinson. "The main problem is that alcohol in the ice cream prevents it from freezing unless you super-chill it. And yes—it melts very quickly when you take it out of the -40 degree freezer! The trick is to create something that's as stable as normal ice cream." This creamy smooth snack does just that, and has the same ingredients as the Smatt's Passion cocktail—just served on a cone.

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Various Old-Fashioned Cocktails

at Hawksmoor

Dry Daiquiri

Havana Club 3 Year Old Rum

Campari

Lime juice

Orange peel

Añejo Highball

Havana 3 yr rum

Orange curacao

Bitters

Ginger ale

Lime

Orange

East 8 Hold Up

Chase vodka

Aperol

Pineapple juice

Lime

Ivy Fizz

Chase vodka

Mint

Soda

Lime

Known by many as serving a top steak in London, the Hawksmoor Steakhouse and Cocktail bar is offering a complimentary cocktail when you order from its express menu in the bar this week. These are some of the options we liked.

East India Gimlet

at Dishoom

Rose's Lime Juice Cordial

Bombay Dry Gin

Celery bitters

Dill

The gimlet is a very British drink—invented by the British Royal Navy’s Dr. Thomas Gimlette in the 19th-century as a way to get sailors to drink lime juice, thus preventing scurvy. These days, bars around the world have devise their own spin on the classic. Dishoom's variation references the East India Company, which used to trade between India and Britain, and adds a London-Bombay twist: The gin is soaked with celery (British) and cardamom (Indian), then shaken with dill—an herb widely used in both countries' cuisine.

Mary Pickford

at L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

Bacardi Gold rum

Amaro Montenegro

Maraschino liqueur

Homemade pomegranate grenadine

Pineapple and lemon juices

Topped with a pineapple foam

This cocktail was originally invented in Cuba during prohibition and named after film star and America’s first sweetheart, Mary Pickford. L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon gave it a contemporary twist by adding Amaro Montenegro, homemade pomegranate grenadine made with rhubarb puree and topping it off with house-made pineapple foam.

The Smouldering Cherry Wood

at Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes

Woodford Reserve Bourbon

Lillet Rouge

Orange and Aromatic Bitters

Maraschino Syrup

Cherry Wood Smoke

This sweet Manhattan is served on the rocks and infused with fresh cherry wood smoke. The level of smokiness can be tailored by the number of times you turn the jar upside down.